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University and Hospital Established
Johns Hopkins died on Christmas Eve 1873, leaving $7 million to be divided equally between the two institutions. It was, at the time, the largest philanthropic bequest in U.S. history. Learn more about Johns Hopkins. -
Alumni Association Launched
The Alumni Association’s story began about 10 years after the start of the university itself, when, on April 26, 1886, two alumni proposed that a committee draw up a plan for an association. Early the next year, the proposed committee delivered their report to assembled alumni. The report was well received, and the first officers of the newly born Alumni Association were elected. Those assembled then convened at a loc Learn More about the Alumni Association -
Johns Hopkins Roll Call
During the early part of the 20th century, fundraising was sporadic, with periodic requests to trustees and alumni for support of a building, a department, or a special project. The advent of organized fundraising began in 1947 with the first “Roll Call” annual fund appeal. -
Hopkins Hundreds Campaign
In preparation for Johns Hopkins' 100 year anniversary in 1973, President Steven Muller announces the launch of the Hopkins Hundreds campaign. The fundraising effort ends in 1976 with Chairman Alonzo Decker announcing the campaign raised almost $109 million. -
Campaign for Johns Hopkins
Campaign that planned on raising $450 million closed in 1990 raising a record $644 millon. -
Johns Hopkins Initiative
Launched to raise $900 million by the year 2000, the campaign closes June of that year with just a little more than $1.5 billion. The largest gifts name the School of Arts and Sciences for Krieger and adds the Sheridan name to the library. -
Knowledge for the World
The day after the Johns Hopkins Initiative ends, a new campaign begins. Knowledge for the World goes live in 2002 and closes in 2008 at more than $3.7 billion. The largest donor to the campaign is Michael Bloomberg, a graduate of the Whiting School in 1964. -
Rising to the Challenge launched
May of 2013 Johns Hopkins announced the Rising to the Challenge campaign. Our most ambitious goal to date. According to President Daniels: "The Rising to the Challenge Campaign is an opportunity to effect meaningful change — to foster our capacity for collaboration, to invest in faculty in unprecedented ways, and to ease the financial burden of a Johns Hopkins education so that the most talented students can study here, regardless of means." -
Rising to the Challenge to date
Thus far in the Rising to the Challenge campaign Johns Hopkins has raised almost $2.93 billion.
